Olzod Boum-Yalagch, Ulanbattaar The world’s destiny hangs on the future of the Paris Agreement America is more than her President

There is still hope that American society will eventually support the climate agreement The world’s destiny hangs on the future of the Paris Agreement by Olzod Boum-Yalagch, Chairman of the Mongolian Green Party, Ulanbattaar

Mongolian view on Trump’s “no go” For us Mongolians, US President Donald Trump is a man with extensive albeit not always successful business experience, who knows how to communicate with people and appeal to the desires of the masses. And, if we understand correctly, Mr. Trump would like to satisfy the desires of the American people and the wider world to make our planet more sustainable and peaceful and to avoid conflicts and solve problems through dialogue amongst countries. That is why we also hope that Mr. Trump, business man that he is, will support new and innovative technology that will be both good for our planet and make America great again! We do not think that America should be made great again with environmentally unfriendly policies like supporting coal mining and fracking industries, which engender social tensions and make America part of the problem rather than the solution. The Paris declaration shows us that humanity could and should survive as a common world. This is a collective aim which should not be hampered by borders and walls between countries. The Paris declaration Today’s endeavors to protect nature and fight climate change do not only focus on the elimination of the causes of emissions, but also address the economic, social and technological reasons for the extent to which we have destroyed our environment. Scientific evidence clearly shows that we need to limit global warming to 2°C, ideally less, if we want to avoid climate change becoming irreversible and catastrophic. For this reason, human society has set itself the goal of cutting greenhouse emissions as soon as possible and the ambitiously aim of offsetting the gases accumulated since 2000, with a goal of zero net emissions before the end of the century. Another goal of this agreement is to support poorer countries financially in lowering their emissions, which should bring investment in environmental soft technology to those countries, and provide growing job opportunities and higher living standards. This endeavour could be led by powerful nations and leaders wanting to make history. “ Mr Trump should understand at least that the world will exist with or without USA and in the 21st century, the century of globalization in which, human society should keep closer together to solve local problems with support of the entire world.”

Olzod Boum-Yalagch

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has been chairman of the Mongolian Green Party since 2012 and main coordinator of the Green Coalition since 2006. Born in1960 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he received his university education in bio-physics in Mongolia, in forest management in Thailand and travel management in Germany.

The stakes The global fight for climate justice already began with the Paris Agreement and people are putting their lives on the line to stop fossil fuel worldwide for a cleaner, healthier future. The global green movement leads the way by investing in renewable energy that we already enjoy in abundance. Renewable energy market prices, in the main, have been halved compared to coal prices thanks to government levies on CO2 emissions which foster investment in research into solutions to keep the costs of photovoltaic, wind and energy storage systems lower than the fossil-based ones with their fuel logistics. Our appeal to the president and politicians of America is to base the development of American industry on renewable energy resources, rather than fossil resources, to ensure a secure and bright future for the American people and the rest

“We are happy to know that of the 197 signatories to the Paris Agreement, 158 have already ratified it (Mongolia ratified it on 21st September 2016, and was the 31st country to do so!), and that our neighbour, the Peoples Republic of China, the biggest polluter, has offered to take the lead in implementing the Paris agreement in our region.” Olzod Boum-Yalagch

of the world. We believe that if America is willing to pursue its leadership in support of democracy and human right throughout the world and to lead on sustainable development, based on renewable energy and recycling technology, then indeed America will be made much greater. As the leading power in the world, the USA should play the key role in shaping a future for the planet. Human society can fight climate change with the developed countries taking the lead. However, this calls for cooperation between the nations and not confrontation, which the Trump administration unfortunately has failed to recognize over recent months. Mr Trump should at least understand that the world will go on with or without USA and in the 21st century, the century of globalization, human society should close ranks to solve local problems with the support of the entire world.

The US may not continue to be isolated The civil societies of this world have condemned the decision of the USA, the second biggest contributor to emissions, for not accepting the Paris Agreement while Donald Trump looks for separate “more favourable” conditions for his country. People in the world still believe that American society will eventually support the Paris Agreement and develop suitable conditions for implementing green technology for the sustainable use of natural resources. They still hope that America will significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change and that American society will outlive the president, who wants to put America first at the expense of others.

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Mongolian Green party

The Mongolian Green party is part of the Global Greens under the Charter of the Global Greens. It supports all conflict management by the UN and views the Paris Agreement as a success for world diplomacy in that in offers a solution to the global problem of climate change brought about by human activity. It also thinks it is the right answer of global society to the unsustainable development concept prized by the industrialised parts of our world. > web: www.globalgreens.org/party/mongo lian-green-party